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Rupert.

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɹupɚt/General-American
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    UK
  2. A city, the county seat of Minidoka County, Idaho.

  3. An unincorporated community in Ohio.

  4. A town in Vermont.

  5. A town in West Virginia.

Where this word comes from

A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert. The geometry sense is also a reference to Prince Rupert, who posed the question of whether a cube could be passed through a hole made in another cube of the same size.

noun/ˈɹupɚt/General-American
  1. A junior army officer.

    derogatory · slang
Where this word comes from

A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert. The geometry sense is also a reference to Prince Rupert, who posed the question of whether a cube could be passed through a hole made in another cube of the same size.

adj/ˈɹupɚt/General-American
  1. Having or relating to the property of being able to pass through a copy of itself.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert. The geometry sense is also a reference to Prince Rupert, who posed the question of whether a cube could be passed through a hole made in another cube of the same size.

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